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James Belushi

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James Adam Belushi is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), According to Jim (2001–2009), and Good Girls Revolt (2015–2016).

Quick Facts About James Belushi

Notable works: REAL MEN

About James Belushi

James Adam Belushi is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), According to Jim (2001–2009), and Good Girls Revolt (2015–2016).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by James Belushi

I'm an escaped car thief. I broke out of prison to see the Cubs in the World Series.

Broke

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Doing a sitcom is like doing a play - you rehearse for three or four days, and then you shoot what you…

Audience

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Heroes aren't born, they' re cornered. Oh, I was cornered. And I found out that I was no hero.

Born

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People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I love you, love your work.' And then the next sentence is, 'I…

Brother

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Accidents happen, whether they're car accidents, friendly fire, drug overdoses. Accidents happen, and they're tragic. It's like a bomb that goes off…

Accidents

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But if you go over the line, you don't want to get stuck in a Nevada State court room. Honestly, because Nevada…

California

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Celebrities in general are pretty democratic, just being in the theater. Plus, I'm from Chicago. But Obama's sensible... he's just a reasonable,…

Chicago

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When I come to Chicago, I gorge myself. I get off the plane and start with Gene and Jude's for two hot…

Apple

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What I like most about cigars is simply sitting and talking with other men… Some of the best conversations I’ve ever had…

Cigar

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I left Chicago many years ago to move to California. You can't help but live a healthy lifestyle here if you want…

California

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Listen, we all have to agree that there is too much litigation going on in this world. But every year it seems…

Agree

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Yeah, Vegas is the number one place to go. Vegas is Sin City. It really gives you a feeling of looseness and…

Cities

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What I do know is that with a celebrity's death comes an avalanche of media, and in that media is most often…

Avalanches

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Heroes aren't born, they're cornered. Oh, I was cornered. And I found out that I was no hero.

Born

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I like to consider myself a star - a star, that when you look in the sky, it's always there. And on…

Adventure

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I've done movies with Oliver Stone and Michael Mann. And I've done quite a few dramas in my time, from the theatre…

Audience

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In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real estate, copyrights,…

Accounting

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When Whitney Houston died, I felt great sadness. My sadness, of course, was about our collective loss - when you listened to…

Beautiful

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I don't deal with death very well. My brother, John Candy, my dad, my mom, Brandon Tartikoff just a couple of weeks…

Brother

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I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man. He just didn't know…

Brother

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